Gray Matters by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler for January 26, 2014

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 11 years ago

    Only if that was true.

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    joelle baker  almost 11 years ago

    I’ve noticed new movies do it too, the words are really low but when the music or action part comes on it is blaring.

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    Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I see.

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    The Life I Draw Upon  almost 11 years ago

    She could make a fortune off that design if she could make it person specific.

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Commercials can’t be louder than the show, but typically a show will have a lot of variation in loudness (from a whisper to an explosion). The commercials vary much less and tend toward the louder sounds in the show. That is the loophole that is used.

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    docopenhaver  almost 11 years ago

    One way advertisers get around the law is by using certain frequencies of sound that the human ear perceives as being louder. This fools any metering used by the FCC.Here is an explanation of the law:

    TheCALM_Act

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